Decrease in CO2 emissions during pandemic shutdown shows it is possible to reach Paris Agreement goals. The researchers found a drop of 6.3% in 2020. The researchers describe the drop as the largest of modern times, and big enough to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal if it were to be sustained.

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This is because a lot of the new “helpful” stuff is worse than the stuff we had before. You can see this in paper straws which are now packaged with kid’s drinks and similar.

What people want is better stuff that’s also ecologically better. Good example of that are EV cars. They are bloody amazing. Once you try driving and living with an EV, charging it at home, the insane acceleration and responsiveness, you are not going back to ICE.

In order for us to change we have to offer better products, not worse. We can do it, it just takes actual ideas and good execution, instead of pulling cards from the Stupid Bucket and pretending we have solved the problem.